Hailing Passage

Pete Souza / Chicago Tribune

Majority Leader Bill Frist discusses details about the Medicare bill that the Senate had just passed . Several Democrats helped Republicans in passing the bill. Left to right are Sens. John Breaux (D-La.), Frist and Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

Majority Leader Bill Frist discusses details about the Medicare bill that the Senate had just passed . Several Democrats helped Republicans in passing the bill. Left to right are Sens. John Breaux (D-La.), Frist and Max Baucus (D-Mont.) (Pete Souza / Chicago Tribune)

Majority Leader Bill Frist discusses details about the Medicare bill that the Senate had just passed . Several Democrats helped Republicans in passing the bill. Left to right are Sens. John Breaux (D-La.), Frist and Max Baucus (D-Mont.)